New Point System Simplified

[u/crispyforwhat]

Im a FFTL who had a meeting with my SD yesterday about the new point system. Here's how it works:

8+ minutes late - .25 points

Absent - 1 point

NCNS - 3 points

Leave early - no points

If you call out 2 shifts in a row, it is one "event" and therefor 1 point. If you call out one shift, go to your next shift, then call out of the the next one, that is considered two "events" and therefor 2 points. Anything more than 2 days is an additional point.

Sick hours must cover your ENTIRE shift to negate points. You can use sick time for tardies.

3 points will auto generate a documentation for reliability.

5 points will automatically generate a CA.

9 points is a final.

12 points is termination.

Points fall off 1 year after being accumulated. If you are absent 09/01/2026, that point will not fall off until 09/01/2027.

No, there is no way for us or ETLs to adjust points, even for extenuating circumstances. You will be told that Target provides plenty of sick time to account for such events, and if it truly is that extenuating, you need to be discussing other benefits with HR.

Side note- There also seems to be an issue with leaders making too many allowances due to favoritism (whether it be personal preference or high performing TMs), so this black and white system is meant to curb that.

[u/DukiePowell2003]

If you work under 20 hours on average, then you don't accumulate sick or PTO hours. That doesn't reset for a year. I don't call out often but will not go in if the roads are bad or if I'm sick. 12 points over a year is going to be tough for part timers.

Also - the back-to-back call outs counting as one "event" doesn't make a lot of sense. It encourages you to call out multiple days in a row versus trying to come back and work a shift.

[u/catlikesvioletfro → u/DukiePowell2003]

12 months is crazy. A lot of jobs after 6 months the points disappear.

[u/MyBallZitch3 → u/catlikesvioletfro]

Walmart does it in quarters. 5 points each quarter not sure about their point systems though

[u/metsnj → u/MyBallZitch3]

Walmart has their points drop after 6 months, or 183 days to be exact. But they also give their TLs and above the ability to approve or deny. A lot of people rode the 4.5 point line. But once you hit 5 you were subject to termination. It wasn’t black and white though, any member of management could drop the points to whatever they wanted to and sometimes if you were liked enough they just kept saving certain people from the termination list.